Identity card for Belgians

• Being Belgian
• Being over 12 years old
• Having your main residence on the territory of the City of Brussels

You must go in person to apply for and collect your identity card (for fingerprinting and verification).

• Application for an identity card: only by appointment (except for applications under the very urgent procedure), at the counter of the Brucity Administrative Centre or at the liaison offices in Laeken, Louise, Neder-Over-Heembeek and Haren.
• Collecting an identity card: without an appointment at the counter where the application was submitted, on receipt at home of the PIN code sent by the FPS Home Affairs.

We will call you to renew your identity card.

External siteIdentity card lost or stolen?

Brucity: peak hours at the counters without appointment

Peak hours at the Brucity counters (with accessible table)

Application for an identity card:

1. Old identity card or certificate of loss/theft if applicable
2. Recent photo (maximum 6 months old), in accordance with External siteICAO standards (except if your request is made at Brucity, where your photo is taken at the counter)

Collecting an identity card:

1. Old identity card or certificate of loss/theft if applicable
2. New PIN code sent to your home address by the FPS Home Affairs

If the PIN code does not arrive at home within 3 weeks, a new order can be placed via the website of the External siteFPS Home Affairs 

Normal procedure: 30 euros
Urgent procedure: 150 euros
Super urgent procedure: 170 euros

Additional charges in the event of repeated loss or theft:

Renewal following a 2nd loss/theft: 60 euros
Renewal following a 3rd loss/theft: 150 euros

Normal procedure: 1 to 2 weeks

Urgent procedure: 1 working day for an order placed before 3 pm

Super urgent procedure: 4h30 for an order placed before 3 pm (the card must be collected from the FPS Home Affairs, Rue des Colonies 11 - 1000 Brussels)

Kids-ID 

New PIN code